Pakistan

In a world of shifting alliances, Pakistan must balance strategic partnerships with national interests — and the key question is whether the Makkah Pact will become a tool of strategic autonomy or another form of dependence. In recent years, the world has seen an unprecedented shift in global alliances. According …

Pakistan should honor its defense commitments to Saudi Arabia through strictly defensive cooperation and protection of maritime commerce, while avoiding offensive military action against the Houthis that could drag Islamabad into a wider Middle Eastern conflict, alienate Iran, and deepen its domestic and strategic vulnerabilities. Pakistan should honor its defense …

Le rapprochement entre la Turquie, le Qatar et le Pakistan ne constitue pas, contrairement à ce qu’une lecture rapide pourrait laisser croire, un «axe des Frères musulmans». La réalité est plus complexe et, pour cette raison même, beaucoup plus intéressante : derrière trois États aux histoires, aux institutions et aux …

Key TakeawaysThe Mecca Joint Defence Agreement of 7 August 2026 is a defensive political-military framework among Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan that institutionalises coordination, joint exercises and defence-industrial cooperation rather than an immediate “Islamic NATO.”Pakistan stands to gain most in strategic profile, financial support, access to Turkish technology and broader …

En choisissant La Mecque, la Turquie, l’Arabie saoudite & le Pakistan ont envoyé un message clair : c’est une déclaration liée à la défense des musulmans, et pas seulement de leurs pays respectifs. L’Arabie saoudite, la Turquie & le Pakistan signent l’“Accord de défense commune de La Mecque” L’Arabie saoudite, …

Bab al-Mandab n’est pas fermé. La tension y est palpable. En début de semaine, le ministre iranien de l’Intérieur, Eskandar Momeni, est arrivé à Islamabad à la tête d’une délégation de haut niveau. Mardi, il avait déjà rencontré le Premier ministre Shehbaz Sharif, le maréchal Asim Munir ainsi que son …

Depuis que Pepe et moi avons reçu le rapport faisant état de la menace iranienne de procéder à un essai nucléaire si les États-Unis ne cessent pas leurs attaques contre l’Iran, le discours et les publications sur les réseaux sociaux de Donald Trump concernant l’Iran ont connu un changement radical …

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced hope of progress on ending the war with Iran, as he looked to Pakistani mediators to help advance efforts to strike an agreement. Previous comments by President Donald Trump had suggested weeks of stop-start negotiations to strike a permanent end to the war …

History, when it chooses to humiliate power, does not bother with elegance — it stages spectacle. Islamabad — a capital long patronized, managed, and dismissed — now hosts the very powers that presumed they could redraw the region with missiles and press briefings. But let us be precise: this is …

Recently, Pakistan was rocked by the Baloch Liberation Army’s “Herof Phase 2” offensive, a coordinated assault across nine districts that combined urban raids, rural guerrilla tactics, suicide missions, and psychological warfare. This was not simply an internal security lapse, it was a geopolitical tremor reverberating across South Asia. Pakistan’s reflex …